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Re: precision of numbers

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  • Subject: [mg54101] Re: [mg54056] precision of numbers
  • From: Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
  • Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 02:47:31 -0500 (EST)
  • Organization: Mathematics & Statistics, Univ. of Mass./Amherst
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Floating-point in, then floating-point out!

You could use:

   15525600000*Rationalize[445.25]*24
165906561600000


fartous at mail15.com wrote:
> in the product:
> 15525600000*445.25*24
> the output is:
> 1.65907*(10^14)
> also when we use:
> N[15525600000*445.25*24, 15]
> the output is 1.65907*(10^14)
> but i want the precise number:
> 165906561600000
> what could i do
> jack
> 
> 

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